Got up at 6 today to catch the surfing trip!! Its a day trip….an expensive one..-__-” Oh well….just want to surf and go to a nice beach. We went to Lancelin, this small town 1.5 hrs away from Perth City….and on the way, I thought we were heading to the desert!!!! All the sand, the Read More »
Hey Dudes – Just a quickie we are covering so much ground there is hardly time to stop and treat myself to a bit of internet blogging I usually just get time to surf for a bit of local information and off we go again! So we headed off from Rotorua over a week ago Read More »
Miz Behavin, a 10m catameran has been our home for the past 10 days as we sailed around the islands that comprise the Whitsundays. Originally called the Cumberland Islands, these were once volcanic mountains slowly drowned by a rising sea. They became known as the Whitsundays because Lt. James Cook sailed into the Passage on Read More »
The village of Asirohk (MALEKULA) Asirohk is about 1.5 hours walking from our anchorage with Alvei in Banam Bay. It’s a nice walk through lush forest, some other villages and the biggest part is along the beautiful coast. The walk is a bit up and down and the final part (about 15 minutes) is quite Read More »
On Monday 30th we travelled to Paihia and booked into the Bay Sands motel for just one night. We thought about staying two nights but the traffic was so noisy at night we settled for just the one! We walked the beaches and generally had a very lazy day, The weather was quite good, although Read More »
The second day on our Kangaroo Island tour was just as busy as the first. A few of our group members went for an early morning ATV drive. The rest of us were able to enjoy an extra hour’s worth of sleep, so it was an even trade. Once all back together, we went to Read More »
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Ok – so the weather has not let up since i have arrived, with the exception of one day where i decided to get myself so sunburnt that i can only now sit on my thighs comfortably 4 days later. i only missed one part of my body with cream! Other than that it has Read More »
Both me and Marc had delicious lie-ins today. My eye has developed a juicy black eye and my arm feels like it’s been punched from my Tetanus jab. Lazed about for a bit until realising I actually should get my ass into gear and try and get my laptop sorted. I had arranged to meet Read More »
Yesterday was spent leisurely walking around Adelaide Zoo. The first animals you come across as you entre the zoo are the Barbary Sheep. Rather strangely, in the next enclosure are the alligators! There were two in the enclosure – the first was smaller, and didn’t seem so threatening. The larger one, although half submerged and Read More »
